THE WEEK IN CHESS 534 31st January 2005 by Mark Crowther
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My thanks to Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk, Gary Bekker, Mehrdad
Pahlevanzadeh, Ales Drinovec, Nigel Freeman, Lanfranco Bombelli, Denis
Vretenar, Arthur Brameld, Steve Laios, Jan Mazuch, Jovan Petronic, Alexey
Mazurok, John Robinson, Igor Glek, George Mirijanian and everyone else who
helped with the issue.
The Corus Wijk aan Zee is now clearly the tournament of the year. The 13
round all-play-all format and its strong and well constructed fields clearly
give it the edge over its rivals Dortmund and former number one event Linares.
The players always respond with interesting fighting chess, that there were
more draws than in recent years can be put down to the fact they had 2-9 in the
world all closely matched. Indeed I don't think anything was particulary
settled by this event. The top three finishers Peter Leko, Viswanathan Anand
and Veselin Topalov will be joined by Garry Kasparov, Michael Adams, Francisco
Vallejo Pons and Rustam Kasimdzhanov at Linares. I don't think predicting the
winner of that event will be especially easy. My thanks to Michiel Abeln for
his daily TWIC coverage of the event and to the organisers who made me feel
very welcome when I attended a few days last week.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The Corus Chess Tournament took place 14th-30th January 2005. Peter
Leko won the A-Group of the Wijk aan Zee tournament by half a point from
Viswanathan Anand. Anand who was going for three in a row was edged out by half
a point, in retrospect his slow start and loss to Peter Leko cost him the
event. Leko won four game including two in the final four rounds to win the
event for the first time. In third was former leader Vesselin Topalov whos
round 10 loss to Judit Polgar with white was costly. Judit Polgar's return to
chess saw her increase her rating and tie for 4th with Alexander Grischuk,
Michael Adams and Vladimir Kramnik. Kramnik seemed sluggish at the start and
finish of the event but only lost a few rating points. He didn't seem at his
best but his result was reasonable. Loek van Wely, Ruslan Ponomariov and Lazaro
Bruzon all tied on 6.5/13 and all gained rating points. Van Wely was very solid
apart from an abbaration against Peter Svidler and Lazaro Bruzon did very well
in his first Super-event. Peter Svidler started terribly partially as he had
black against most of the best players but a couple of wins at least limited
the damage. Nigel Short looked on course to at least hold his rating but a
final round loss to Van Wely cost him a small rating loss. Alexander Morozevich
had a disaster of a start and he couldn't really recover. His play was never
close to his best but he did play better later on but the whole event was
terrible for him. Ivan Sokolov was the only player without a win, he weakened
considerably towards the end but did manage to stop the rot enough to deny
Anand a share of first place in the final round. The B event was a fight
between Sergey Karjakin who eventually finished in first and long time leader
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Most people have heard of Karjakin but Mamedyarov also I
think is a player to watch out for in the future. Magnus Carlsen's debut in the
B event saw him finish on 7/13 a reasonable result, a couple of losses in the
final two rounds cost him an even better finish but it wouldn't surprise me if
this at least partly was due to being very tired.
Daily reports on the TWIC main pages from on the spot reporter Michiel
Abeln.
Official site: http://www.coruschess.com/
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Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 15-30 i 2005 cat. XIX (2721)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Leko, Peter g HUN 2749 * 1 = = = = = = = 1 1 1 = = 8.5 2828
2. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 0 * = = = 1 = = 1 1 = = 1 = 8.0 2802
3. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2757 = = * 0 = 0 1 = 1 1 = 1 = = 7.5 2775
4. Polgar, Judit g HUN 2728 = = 1 * = = = = 0 = 1 = 0 1 7.0 2749
5. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2710 = = = = * = = = 1 = 0 = 1 = 7.0 2750
6. Adams, Michael g ENG 2741 = 0 1 = = * = = = = = = 1 = 7.0 2748
7. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2754 = = 0 = = = * = = = 1 = = 1 7.0 2747
8. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2679 = = = = = = = * = = 0 1 = = 6.5 2724
9. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2700 = 0 0 1 0 = = = * = = = 1 1 6.5 2722
10. Bruzon, Lazaro g CUB 2652 0 0 0 = = = = = = * = 1 1 1 6.5 2726
11. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2735 0 = = 0 1 = 0 1 = = * = = = 6.0 2690
12. Short, Nigel D g ENG 2674 0 = 0 = = = = 0 = 0 = * 1 1 5.5 2667
13. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741 = 0 = 1 0 0 = = 0 0 = 0 * 1 4.5 2609
14. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2685 = = = 0 = = 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 * 3.5 2548
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Round 9 (January 25, 2005)
Leko, Peter - Short, Nigel D 1-0 37 C95 Ruy Lopez Breyer
Topalov, Veselin - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 25 C42 Petroff's Defence
Polgar, Judit - Bruzon, Lazaro 1/2 55 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Kramnik, Vladimir - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 47 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Adams, Michael 1/2 41 C42 Petroff's Defence
Svidler, Peter - Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 57 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Sokolov, Ivan - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 34 D08 Albin Counter Gambit
Round 10 (January 26, 2005)
Anand, Viswanathan - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 42 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Topalov, Veselin - Polgar, Judit 0-1 53 E15 Queens Indian
Grischuk, Alexander - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0 31 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Adams, Michael - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 22 C42 Petroff's Defence
Bruzon, Lazaro - Sokolov, Ivan 1-0 66 C96 Ruy Lopez
Short, Nigel D - Svidler, Peter 1/2 36 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Morozevich, Alexander - Leko, Peter 1/2 64 D10 Slav Defence
Round 11 (January 28, 2005)
Leko, Peter - Bruzon, Lazaro 1-0 25 C99 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Polgar, Judit - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 38 C42 Petroff's Defence
Kramnik, Vladimir - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 67 B09 Pirc Defence
Van Wely, Loek - Adams, Michael 1/2 43 E15 Queens Indian
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Short, Nigel D 1/2 42 C73 Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz
Svidler, Peter - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 39 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Sokolov, Ivan - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 76 E70 King's Indian Fianchetto
Round 12 (January 29, 2005)
Anand, Viswanathan - Adams, Michael 1-0 42 E15 Queens Indian
Topalov, Veselin - Leko, Peter 1/2 42 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Polgar, Judit - Sokolov, Ivan 1-0 40 C95 Ruy Lopez Breyer
Grischuk, Alexander - Van Wely, Loek 1/2 24 D39 QGD Ragozin
Bruzon, Lazaro - Svidler, Peter 1/2 20 B45 Sicilian Classical
Short, Nigel D - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 34 B26 Sicilian Closed
Morozevich, Alexander - Ponomariov, Ruslan 0-1 48 B63 Sicilian Rauzer
Round 13 (January 30, 2005)
Leko, Peter - Polgar, Judit 1/2 22 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Adams, Michael - Grischuk, Alexander 1/2 23 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Kramnik, Vladimir - Morozevich, Alexander 1/2 11 B07 Pirc Defence
Van Wely, Loek - Short, Nigel D 1-0 31 D35 QGD Exchange
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Bruzon, Lazaro 1/2 62 C99 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Svidler, Peter - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 24 C42 Petroff's Defence
Sokolov, Ivan - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 48 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
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Corus B Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 15-30 i 2005 cat. XIII (2564)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2599 * = = 0 1 = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 9.5 2736
2. Smeets, Jan g NED 2475 = * 1 0 = = 1 = 1 = 1 = = 1 8.5 2681
3. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2657 = 0 * = 0 = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2667
4. Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2648 1 1 = * 0 = = 1 = = 1 = = = 8.0 2645
5. Cheparinov, Ivan m BUL 2572 0 = 1 1 * = 0 = 1 = = 1 = = 7.5 2620
6. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2652 = = = = = * = 1 = 0 = 1 = 1 7.5 2614
7. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2553 = 0 = = 1 = * = = 1 = 0 1 = 7.0 2594
8. Stellwagen, Daniel m NED 2524 0 = = 0 = 0 = * = 1 1 = 1 = 6.5 2567
9. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2491 = 0 0 = 0 = = = * = 1 0 1 1 6.0 2541
10. Kosteniuk, Alexandra m RUS 2490 0 = 0 = = 1 0 0 = * = = = 1 5.5 2513
11. Ernst, Sipke m NED 2509 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 0 = * 1 1 1 5.0 2481
12. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2549 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 = 1 = 0 * 0 = 4.5 2455
13. Nikolic, Predrag g BIH 2676 0 = 0 = = = 0 0 0 = 0 1 * = 4.0 2414
14. Ramirez, Alejandro g CRC 2507 0 0 0 = = 0 = = 0 0 0 = = * 3.0 2357
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Round 9 (January 25, 2005)
Karjakin, Sergey - Nijboer, Friso 1-0 40 B60 Sicilian Rauzer
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Ramirez, Alejandro 1/2 54 A30 English Symmetrical
Onischuk, Alexander - Cheparinov, Ivan 1/2 150 D18 Slav Defence
Carlsen, Magnus - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2 50 C42 Petroff's Defence
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Nikolic, Predrag 1-0 24 E00 Catalan
Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Stellwagen, Daniel 0-1 46 C11 French Defence
Ernst, Sipke - Smeets, Jan 0-1 35 D44 Anti-Meran Gambit
Round 10 (January 26, 2005)
Smeets, Jan - Stefanova, Antoaneta 1-0 54 C45 Scotch Game
Cheparinov, Ivan - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 37 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Stellwagen, Daniel - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2 39 C42 Petroff's Defence
Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1/2 56 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Nijboer, Friso - Ernst, Sipke 0-1 54 C42 Petroff's Defence
Nikolic, Predrag - Onischuk, Alexander 1/2 20 D55 Queens Gambit Old Lasker Variation
Ramirez, Alejandro - Karjakin, Sergey 0-1 72 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 11 (January 28, 2005)
Karjakin, Sergey - Kosteniuk, Alexandra 1-0 35 C28 Vienna Game
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Cheparinov, Ivan 0-1 39 B76 Sicilian Modern Dragon
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Stellwagen, Daniel 1-0 66 E68 King's Indian Fianchetto
Onischuk, Alexander - Smeets, Jan 1/2 44 D44 Anti-Meran Gambit
Carlsen, Magnus - Nikolic, Predrag 1-0 22 C08 French Tarrasch
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Nijboer, Friso 0-1 38 A45 Trompowsky
Ernst, Sipke - Ramirez, Alejandro 1-0 29 D15 Slav Defence
Round 12 (January 29, 2005)
Smeets, Jan - Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 37 C42 Petroff's Defence
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 101 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Stellwagen, Daniel - Cheparinov, Ivan 1/2 55 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Ernst, Sipke 1/2 36 C83 Ruy Lopez Open
Nijboer, Friso - Onischuk, Alexander 0-1 41 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Nikolic, Predrag - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0-1 34 D02 Queen's Pawn Game
Ramirez, Alejandro - Stefanova, Antoaneta 0-1 49 C69 Ruy Lopez Exchange
Round 13 (January 30, 2005)
Karjakin, Sergey - Stellwagen, Daniel 1-0 57 C11 French Defence
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Smeets, Jan 0-1 57 B13 Caro Kann Exchange
Cheparinov, Ivan - Nikolic, Predrag 1/2 22 C18 French Winawer
Onischuk, Alexander - Ramirez, Alejandro 1-0 44 A43 Old Benoni
Carlsen, Magnus - Nijboer, Friso 0-1 37 B67 Sicilian Rauzer
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Kosteniuk, Alexandra 1/2 26 E04 Catalan
Ernst, Sipke - Nielsen, Peter Heine 0-1 26 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
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Corus C Wijk aan Zee NED (NED), 15-30 i 2005 cat. VII (2422)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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1. Georgiev, Vladimir g MKD 2517 * = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 10.5 2665
2. Korotylev, Alexey g RUS 2603 = * 1 0 = = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 10.0 2618
3. Zhukova, Natalia wg UKR 2465 = 0 * = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.0 2629
4. L'Ami, Erwin m NED 2531 0 1 = * = 1 1 1 = = 1 1 0 1 9.0 2554
5. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2605 = = = = * 1 1 1 0 = 1 1 1 = 9.0 2548
6. Jonkman, Harmen g NED 2399 = = 0 0 0 * 0 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 6.5 2423
7. Spoelman, Wouter NED 2381 0 0 = 0 0 1 * = = 1 0 1 1 1 6.5 2424
8. Negi, Parimarjan IND 2316 0 0 0 0 0 1 = * = = 1 1 0 1 5.5 2372
9. Pliester, Leon m NED 2383 0 = 0 = 1 0 = = * = 1 = 0 0 5.0 2337
10. Bosboom, Manuel m NED 2426 0 0 0 = = 0 0 = = * 0 1 1 1 5.0 2334
11. Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea wg NED 2366 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 * 0 1 1 4.0 2284
12. Mamedjarova, Zeinab wg AZE 2349 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 1 * 1 1 4.0 2286
13. Muhren, Bianca wm NED 2295 = 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 * 0 3.5 2256
14. Wempe, Joost NED 2265 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 * 2.5 2182
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Tea Bosboom Lanchava withdrew from the event due to illness after playing 10 rounds.
Round 10 (January 26, 2005)
Georgiev, Vladimir - Alekseev, Evgeny 1/2 12 A45 Trompowsky
Korotylev, Alexey - Muhren, Bianca 1-0 42 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Zhukova, Natalia - Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea 1-0 30 A89 Dutch Leningrad
Jonkman, Harmen - L'Ami, Erwin 0-1 81 B19 Caro Kann
Spoelman, Wouter - Bosboom, Manuel 1-0 31 B96 Sicilian Najdorf
Pliester, Leon - Mamedjarova, Zeinab 1/2 55 A43 Old Benoni
Wempe, Joost - Negi, Parimarjan 0-1 32 E14 Queens Indian
Round 11 (January 28, 2005)
L'Ami, Erwin - Zhukova, Natalia 1/2 43 D15 Slav Defence
Alekseev, Evgeny - Pliester, Leon 0-1 61 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Negi, Parimarjan - Jonkman, Harmen 1-0 41 C91 Ruy Lopez
Bosboom, Manuel - Wempe, Joost 1-0 48 A13 Reti Opening
Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea - Georgiev, Vladimir 0-1 0
Mamedjarova, Zeinab - Korotylev, Alexey 0-1 69 B08 Pirc Defence
Muhren, Bianca - Spoelman, Wouter 0-1 31 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 12 (January 29, 2005)
Georgiev, Vladimir - L'Ami, Erwin 1-0 42 A45 Trompowsky
Zhukova, Natalia - Negi, Parimarjan 1-0 55 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Alekseev, Evgeny - Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea 1-0 0
Jonkman, Harmen - Bosboom, Manuel 1-0 25 B22 Sicilian Alapin
Spoelman, Wouter - Mamedjarova, Zeinab 1-0 50 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Pliester, Leon - Korotylev, Alexey 1/2 34 E44 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Wempe, Joost - Muhren, Bianca 1-0 41 D20 QGA
Round 13 (January 30, 2005)
Korotylev, Alexey - Spoelman, Wouter 1-0 35 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
L'Ami, Erwin - Alekseev, Evgeny 1/2 31 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Negi, Parimarjan - Georgiev, Vladimir 0-1 94 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Bosboom, Manuel - Zhukova, Natalia 0-1 29 C12 French MacCutcheon
Bosboom-Lanchava, Tea - Pliester, Leon 0-1 0
Mamedjarova, Zeinab - Wempe, Joost 1-0 68 D48 Queens Gambit Meran
Muhren, Bianca - Jonkman, Harmen 0-1 51 C45 Scotch Game
The Gibtele.com Masters International takes place 25th January - 3rd
February 2005. There is a live audio/video commentary from Stuart Conquest. He
will take questions from people logged into ICC.
Official site: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/
There will be live audio/video commentary from Stuart Conquest. He will
take questions from people logged into ICC.
Round 6 Standings:
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Gibraltar Masters Caleta ENG (ENG), 25 i-2 ii 2005
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1. Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2602 5 6 5 2526 3.60 1.40
2. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2684 4½ 6 4½ 2575 3.90 0.60
3. Avrukh, Boris g ISR 2629 4½ 6 4½ 2574 3.48 1.02
4. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2704 4½ 6 4½ 2546 4.26 0.24
5. Efimenko, Zahar g UKR 2601 4½ 6 4½ 2539 3.54 0.96
6. Georgiev, Kiril g BUL 2654 4½ 6 4½ 2585 3.60 0.90
7. Kotronias, Vasilios g GRE 2585 4½ 6 4½ 2464 3.96 0.54
8. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2613 4½ 6 4½ 2509 3.84 0.66
9. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2713 4½ 6 4½ 2493 4.68 -0.18
10. Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2669 4½ 6 4½ 2472 4.50 0.00
11. Al Sayed, Mohamad N m QAT 2463 4 6 4 2377 3.72 0.28
12. Al-Tamimi, Hamad QAT 2210 4 5 3 2429 1.10 1.90
13. Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 2570 4 6 4 2443 4.02 -0.02
14. Cramling, Pia g SWE 2481 4 6 4 2391 3.72 0.28
15. Del Rio Angelis, Salvador G g ESP 2502 4 6 4 2421 3.66 0.34
16. Estremera Panos, Sergio m ESP 2384 4 6 4 2323 3.48 0.52
17. Gormally, Daniel m ENG 2472 4 6 4 2472 3.00 1.00
18. Hamdouchi, Hichem g MAR 2555 4 6 4 2500 3.48 0.52
19. Jasim, A.R. Saleh f UAE 2340 4 5 3 2316 2.65 0.35
20. Lahno, Kateryna m UKR 2454 4 6 4 2393 3.48 0.52
21. McNab, Colin A g SCO 2440 4 6 4 2413 3.24 0.76
22. Postny, Evgeny g ISR 2557 4 6 4 2324 4.74 -0.74
23. Rogers, Ian g AUS 2594 4 5 3½ 2400 3.75 -0.25
24. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2657 4 6 4 2498 4.26 -0.26
25. Shaw, John m SCO 2445 4 6 4 2374 3.60 0.40
26. Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2548 4 6 4 2416 4.08 -0.08
27. Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2589 4 6 4 2451 4.14 -0.14
28. Ward, Christopher g ENG 2485 4 6 4 2359 4.02 -0.02
29. Wells, Peter K g ENG 2519 4 6 4 2460 3.48 0.52
121 players
The Bermuda Invitational will be held 30th January - 9th February 2005
with the traditional Open following - 10th Feb: The Invitational is the
strongest yet - Dominguez, Gelfand, Harikrishna, Macieja, Vescovi &
Volokitin (exp. 2656 Elo) and several of the invitees have confirmed that they
will play in the Open.
Further details: http://www.bermuda.bm/chess
Round 1 (January 30, 2005)
Dominguez, Lenier - Volokitin, Andrei 1-0 46 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
Vescovi, Giovanni - Harikrishna, P 1/2 43 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Macieja, Bartlomiej - Gelfand, Boris 0-1 55 B23 Sicilian Closed
It Bermuda BER (BER), 30-16 i 2005 cat. XVII (2656)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Dominguez, Lenier g CUB 2661 ** .. .. .. .. 1. 1.0
2 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2696 .. ** .. .. 1. .. 1.0
3 Harikrishna, P g IND 2632 .. .. ** =. .. .. 0.5 2645
4 Vescovi, Giovanni g BRA 2645 .. .. =. ** .. .. 0.5 2632
5 Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL 2618 .. 0. .. .. ** .. 0.0
6 Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2685 0. .. .. .. .. ** 0.0
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The Oceania 2005 FIDE Zonal qualifier takes place January 30th -
February 4th 2005 in Auckland, New Zealand
Official site: http://www.globalchessenterprises.co.nz/
Round 4 pairings
1 Bjelobrk, Igor NZL 2377 [3] : Wohl, Alex AUS 2378 [3]
2 Johansen, Darryl AUS 2471 [2.5] : Garbett, Paul NZL 2312 [3]
3 Rujevic, Mirko AUS 2260 [2.5] : Lane, Gary AUS 2439 [2.5]
4 Solomon, Stephen AUS 2426 [2.5] : Feldman, Vladimir AUS 2300 [2.5]
5 Xie, George AUS 2359 [2.5] : Depasquale, Chris AUS 2333 [2.5]
6 Kulashko, Alexei NZL 2377 [2] : Jones, Lee AUS 2199 [2]
7 Canfell, Greg AUS 2361 [2] : Perry, Roger NZL 2186 [2]
8 Sonter, Matthew AUS 2206 [2] : Nokes, Roger NZL 2329 [2]
9 Reilly, Tim AUS 2302 [2] : Krstev, Antonio NZL 2132 [2]
10 Watson, Bruce NZL 2286 [2] : Guthrie, Aaron AUS 2170 [2]
11 Charles, Gareth AUS 2178 [2] : Lukey, Stephen NZL 2281 [2]
12 Jones, Brian AUS 2168 [2] : Green, Peter NZL 2258 [2]
13 Ker, Anthony NZL 2327 [1.5] : Chan, Jason AUS 2140 [1.5]
14 McLaren, Leonard NZL 2247 [1.5] : Van Renen, Mike AUS 2060 [1.5]
15 Wheeler, Bruce NZL 2139 [1.5] : Smith, Bob NZL 2233 [1.5]
16 Lin, Zhigen AUS [1.5] : Wang, Puchen NZL 2218 [1.5]
17 Spain, Graeme NZL 2192 [1.5] : Oliver, Gareth AUS 2000 [1.5]
18 Cronan, James AUS 2053 [1.5] : Humphrey, Jonathan AUS 2150 [1.5]
19 Steadman, Michael NZL 2222 [1] : Benson, Chris NZL 2049 [1]
20 Goffin, Peter NZL 2154 [1] : Hair, Philip NZL 2036 [1]
21 Stuart, Peter NZL 2146 [1] : Stojic, Svetozar AUS 1992 [1]
22 Goodhue, Nathan NZL 2092 [1] : Kalisch, Tom AUS [1]
23 Stojic, Dusan AUS 2036 [1] : Safarian, Alek AUS 2092 [1]
24 Bennett, Hilton NZL 2079 [1] : Mistry, Prashant NZL 2017 [1]
25 Donaldson, Bruce NZL 2002 [1] : Gibbons, Bob NZL 2075 [1]
26 Maroroa, Temu NZL [1] : Wallis, Chris AUS 2051 [1]
27 Song, Raymond AUS 2063 [.5] : Davis, Tony AUS [.5]
28 Thornton, Gino NZL 1995 [.5] : Prasad, Calvin FIJ 1788 [0]
29 Booth, Tony NZL [0] : Cheng, Bobby NZL [0]
30 Maroroa, Andrew NZL [0] : Stone, Andrew NZL [0]
The 64th Italian Championship are taking place in Montecatini Terme 29th
January - 6th February 2005. The event is in fact the 2004 championship. News:
Lanfranco Bombelli.
Further info: http://xoomer.virgilio.it/bombelli/campit04.htm
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64th ch-ITA Montecatini Terme ITA (ITA), 29 i-6 ii 2005 cat. IV (2326)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Buchicchio, Giampaolo f ITA 2288 * . . . 1 1 . . . . 2.0
2. Vezzosi, Paolo m ITA 2366 . * = . . . 1 . . . 1.5 2548
3. Rossi, Carlo m ITA 2367 . = * = . . . . . . 1.0 2372
4. Bruno, Fabio f ITA 2379 . . = * . . . = . . 1.0 2328
5. Cacco, Christian f ITA 2282 0 . . . * . . . . 1 1.0 2230
6. Di Caro, Calogero f ITA 2397 0 . . . . * . 1 . . 1.0 2289
7. Piscopo, Pierluigi f ITA 2344 . 0 . . . . * . 1 . 1.0 2368
8. Cocchi, Andrea f ITA 2290 . . . = . 0 . * . . 0.5 2195
9. Contin, Daniel m ITA 2371 . . . . . . 0 . * = 0.5 2065
10. Sabia, Corrado ITA 2173 . . . . 0 . . . = * 0.5 2133
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The 12th Montecatini Terme International takes place 27th January - 4th
February 2005. News: Lanfranco Bombelli.
Further info: http://xoomer.virgilio.it/bombelli/campit04.htm
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XII It Montecatini Terme ITA (ITA), 27 i-4 ii 2005 cat. IV (2337)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1. Miladinovic, Igor g GRE 2611 * . = . 1 1 . . 1 . . = 4.0 2523
2. Djuric, Stefan g SCG 2470 . * . = . . . 1 . 1 1 . 3.5 2652
3. Shytaj, Luca f ITA 2341 = . * . = . . 0 . . 1 1 3.0 2389
4. Sciortino, Massimo ITA 2228 . = . * . . 0 1 1 . . . 2.5 2472
5. Buli,Vangjel ITA ---- 0 . = . * . 1 . . . 0 1 2.5 2363
6. Velikov, Petar g BUL 2430 0 . . . . * . = . = = 1 2.5 2387
7. Tocchioni, Doriano ITA 2283 . . . 1 0 . * . . = . = 2.0 2216
8. Mrdja, Milan m CRO 2395 . 0 1 0 . = . * = . . . 2.0 2294
9. Voiska, Margarita wg BUL 2361 0 . . 0 . . . = * = 1 . 2.0 2303
10. Mariotti, Sergio g ITA 2350 . 0 . . . = = . = * . . 1.5 2299
11. De Santis, Alessio f ITA 2293 . 0 0 . 1 = . . 0 . * . 1.5 2171
12. Kaps, Darja wm SLO 2287 = . 0 . 0 0 = . . . . * 1.0 2093
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The 10th HIT open in Nova Gorica, Slovenia, takes place 18th January - 3
February 2005. 15 GMs headed by Zurab Azmaiparashvili (GEO) compete. News: Ales
Drinovec.
Internet coverage at: http://www.sah-zveza.si/rez/0501/ng05a
- top 6 boards live.
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1. Azmaiparashvili, Zurab g GEO 2662 +20 +27 +25 +12 . . . . . 4.0
2. Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2519 +28 +30 = 8 =10 . . . . . 3.0 2656
3. Krumpacnik, Domen m SLO 2364 =10 = 6 +31 +30 . . . . . 3.0 2715
4. Borisek, Jure m SLO 2489 +26 =12 =13 +25 . . . . . 3.0 2678
5. Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2547 +45 +22 = 7 = 9 . . . . . 3.0 2618
6. Nevednichy, Vladislav g ROM 2559 =23 = 3 +28 +27 . . . . . 3.0 2549
7. Saric, Ante m CRO 2447 +46 +16 = 5 = 8 . . . . . 3.0 2610
8. Burmakin, Vladimir g RUS 2554 +48 +21 = 2 = 7 . . . . . 3.0 2626
9. Mihalcisin, Adrian g SLO 2522 =40 +33 +23 = 5 . . . . . 3.0 2542
10. Kozul, Zdenko g CRO 2595 = 3 +24 =15 = 2 . . . . . 2.5 2495
11. Paschall, William M m USA 2403 =32 +19 =14 =15 . . . . . 2.5 2456
12. Delchev, Aleksander g BUL 2597 +37 = 4 +18 - 1 . . . . . 2.5 2596
13. Markus, Robert g SCG 2584 +34 =18 = 4 =22 . . . . . 2.5 2533
14. Kovacevic, Aleksandar g SCG 2554 =19 +32 =11 =21 . . . . . 2.5 2407
15. Cvitan, Ognjen g CRO 2520 +38 =29 =10 =11 . . . . . 2.5 2496
16. Drazic, Sinisa g SCG 2489 +35 - 7 +29 =20 . . . . . 2.5 2456
17. Godena, Michele g ITA 2544 =33 -23 +40 +24 . . . . . 2.5 2357
18. Tratar, Marko m SLO 2469 +41 =13 -12 +33 . . . . . 2.5 2494
19. Zorko, Jure f SLO 2300 =14 -11 +42 +38 . . . . . 2.5 2430
20. Kuljasevic, Davorin m CRO 2401 - 1 +35 +47 =16 . . . . . 2.5 2461
21. Jankovic, Alojzije m CRO 2477 +43 - 8 +45 =14 . . . . . 2.5 2483
22. Lenic, Luka m SLO 2450 +50 - 5 +26 =13 . . . . . 2.5 2459
23. Olarasu, Gabriela wg ROM 2327 = 6 +17 - 9 =29 . . . . . 2.0 2495
24. Beletic, Daniel SLO 2199 +31 -10 +36 -17 . . . . . 2.0 2511
25. Jaracz, Pawel g POL 2532 +39 +36 - 1 - 4 . . . . . 2.0 2459
26. Ilic, Ljubomir f MKD 2229 - 4 +37 -22 +43 . . . . . 2.0 2372
27. Pavlovic, Milos g SCG 2485 +44 - 1 +34 - 6 . . . . . 2.0 2448
28. Skoberne, Jure SLO 2248 - 2 +39 - 6 +47 . . . . . 2.0 2352
29. Ushenina, Anna wg UKR 2357 +49 =15 -16 =23 . . . . . 2.0 2334
30. Brkic, Ante m CRO 2458 +42 - 2 +43 - 3 . . . . . 2.0 2294
31. Jovanic, Ognjen m CRO 2477 -24 +40 - 3 +45 . . . . . 2.0 2274
32. Varini, Massimo ITA 2070 =11 -14 +49 . . . . . . 1.5 2319
33. Cherin, Diego ITA 2272 =17 - 9 +44 -18 . . . . . 1.5 2353
34. Jelen, Igor m SLO 2346 -13 +41 -27 =35 . . . . . 1.5 2276
35. Srebrnic, Vojko SLO 2240 -16 -20 +46 =34 . . . . . 1.5 2241
36. Nikolov, Sasho m BUL 2431 +47 -25 -24 =39 . . . . . 1.5 2178
37. Muzychuk, Anna wg SLO 2387 -12 -26 =41 +48 . . . . . 1.5 2228
38. Srebrnic, Marko SLO 2249 -15 =42 +48 -19 . . . . . 1.5 2224
39. Jaracz, Barbara wm POL 2256 -25 -28 +50 =36 . . . . . 1.5 2239
40. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2251 = 9 -31 -17 =42 . . . . . 1.0 2226
41. De Val, Daniele ITA 2144 -18 -34 =37 =44 . . . . . 1.0 2164
42. Miletic, Dean SLO 2134 -30 =38 -19 =40 . . . . . 1.0 2121
43. Stajner, Samo SLO 2162 -21 +46 -30 -26 . . . . . 1.0 2117
44. Srebrnic, Ana wm SLO 2226 -27 =48 -33 =41 . . . . . 1.0 2105
45. Krivec, Jana wm SLO 2284 - 5 +50 -21 -31 . . . . . 1.0 2206
46. Spelec, Darko SLO 2078 - 7 -43 -35 +50 . . . . . 1.0 2043
47. Astengo, Marcello ITA 2074 -36 +49 -20 -28 . . . . . 1.0 2077
48. Djingarova, Emilia wg BUL 2292 - 8 =44 -38 -37 . . . . . 0.5 2032
49. BYE ---- -29 -47 -32 . . . . . . 0.0
50. Stantic, Severino ITA 2096 -22 -45 -39 -46 . . . . . 0.0
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The 131st New York Masters took place on 25th January 2005. Jay Bonin
won the event with 3.5/4. The 132nd event looks like being the last as the
organisers are moving on. There will be an Los Angelis Masters starting
tomorrow.
The regular rapid event (mostly weekly) organised by IM Greg Shahade and
John Fernandez provides regular chances for keen players of 2200 and above to
compete against GMs and IMs in New York. See:
http://www.newyorkmasters.com/
The 4th Praha Open took place 14th-21st January 2005. Eduard Meduna won
the event on tie-break from Karel Van der Weide, Andrey Orlov and Milko Popchev
all scored 7/9. Games from the final two rounds now available.
Official site: http:/www.czechtour.net
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Open Prague CZE (CZE), 14-21 i 2005
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1 Meduna, Eduard g CZE 2435 7.0 38.0 54.5 2543
2 Van Der Weide, Karel m NED 2490 7.0 37.5 53.5 2561
3 Orlov, Andrey m RUS 2403 7.0 37.0 49.0 2498
4 Popchev, Milko g BUL 2442 7.0 35.0 48.0 2492
5 Adler, Viktor m USA 2399 6.5 36.5 52.5 2471
6 Voloshin, Leonid g CZE 2464 6.5 35.0 53.5 2488
7 Hasangatin, Ramil g RUS 2353 6.5 35.0 50.5 2492
8 Hardarson, Robert f ISL 2325 6.5 32.0 46.5 2433
9 Vokac, Marek Ing. g CZE 2476 6.5 31.5 50.0 2417
10 Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V m RUS 2529 6.5 31.0 46.5 2407
11 Vavra, Pavel m CZE 2390 6.5 27.0 39.0 2314
12 Virostko, Petr CZE 2319 6.0 32.5 50.0 2414
13 Priborsky, Jan CZE 2305 6.0 32.0 48.0 2374
14 Simacek, Pavel m CZE 2432 6.0 31.5 43.5 2319
15 Skjoldborg, Jesper DEN 2274 6.0 31.0 46.5 2327
16 Golcman, Evgeny RUS 2336 6.0 28.5 43.5 2286
104 players
The Sao Paulo Chess Club Championship was an International category 3
tournament and the championship of 2004. Argentinean IM Giaccio won the event
with 8.5/11 undefeated. Axel Bachmann, only 15 years old, and current champion
of Paraguay missed an IM norm by a half point. Anyhow he finished second and
had a very good tournament. News: Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk.
Official site: http://www.cxsp.com.br
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1. Giaccio, Alfredo m ARG 2467 * = = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 8.5 2498
2. Bachmann, Axel PAR 2314 = * 1 0 = = = 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2434
3. Crosa, Martin m URU 2401 = 0 * = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 2426
4. De Souza, Mauro m BRA 2377 = 1 = * = = 1 = = 0 = 1 6.5 2361
5. Maia, Luciano BRA 2287 0 = = = * = = = 1 0 = 1 5.5 2304
6. Van Riemsdijk, Herman C m BRA 2409 0 = 0 = = * = = = = 1 1 5.5 2293
7. Aranha Filho, Alvaro Z BRA 2274 0 = = 0 = = * = = = 1 = 5.0 2269
8. Marra, Eduardo da Costa BRA 2261 0 0 0 = = = = * = = 1 1 5.0 2270
9. Tsuboi, Edson Kenji f BRA 2380 = = = = 0 = = = * 1 0 0 4.5 2230
10. Morales Mendoza, Luciana wm PER 2141 0 0 0 1 1 = = = 0 * = = 4.5 2252
11. Vera, I Jorge f PAR 2247 = 0 0 = = 0 0 0 1 = * 1 4.0 2205
12. Limberg, Estacio Vermelho BRA 2076 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 = 0 * 2.0 2061
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Rounds 5 and 6 of the 4NCL took place on January 22nd-23rd 2005. My
thanks to John Robinson for the results and Arthur Brameld for the games.
Official site: http://www.4ncl.co.uk/
22nd January 2005
BRISTOL 1 2294 5 - 3 NUMERICA 3Cs 1 2228
1 w Cobb, Charles 2405 ½ - ½ Davies, Nigel R g 2523
2 b Skytte, Rasmus m 2392 ½ - ½ Gordon, Stephen J f 2364
3 w Buckley, Simon T 2332 1 - 0 Ashton, Adam G 2299
4 b Beaumont, Chris m 2329 0 - 1 Bentley, John L 2216
5 w Rudd, Jack 2291 1 - 0 James, Dale R 2199
6 b Buckley, David E 2223 1 - 0 Walton, Alan J c 2181
7 w Sherwin, James T m 2302 0 - 1 Tompson, John C 2081
8 b Ashby, Ann-Marie w 2079 1 - 0 Martin, Katie w 1960
WOOD GREEN 2 2405 3 - 5 GUILDFORD-ADC1 2505
1 w Martin, Andrew D m 2433 0 - 1 Rowson, Jonathan g 2572
2 b Levitt, Jonathan P g 2441 ½ - ½ Hebden, Mark L g 2521
3 w Arakhamia-Grant,Ketevan m 2454 ½ - ½ Gallagher, Joseph G g 2532
4 b Littlewood, Paul E m 2368 ½ - ½ King, Daniel J g 2517
5 w Pert, Richard G m 2417 0 - 1 Kosten, Anthony C g 2527
6 b Rechel, Bernd m 2408 ½ - ½ Plaskett, James g 2490
7 w Sowray, Peter J f 2342 0 - 1 Cherniaev, Alexander g 2509
8 b McDonald, Neil g 2380 1 - 0 Lalic, Susan wg(m) 2369
NORTH WEST EAGLES 1 2292 4 - 4 GUILDFORD-ADC2 2299
1 w Trent, Lawrence 2387 ½ - ½ Shaw, John K m 2445
2 b Hanley, Craig A m 2397 1 - 0 Buckley, Graeme m 2417
3 w Carleton, John J 2284 1 - 0 Povah, Nigel E m 2377
4 b Littlewood, John E f 2308 0 - 1 Howell, David W L f 2348
5 w Hulmes, David I 2206 ½ - ½ Cooksey, Paul S 2248
6 b Lund, D Brett 2212 0 - 1 Thompson, Ian D f 2256
7 w Charleshouse, Glenn L 2251 1 - 0 Jackson, Adrian 2226
8 b default 0 - 1 Yurenok, Maria S wf 2078
BETSSON.COM 2384 5½-2½ RICHMOND 2300
1 w Johannessen, Leif E g* 2516 1 - 0 Van de Griendt, Jan W f 2373
2 b Williams, Simon K m 2487 ½ - ½ Hinks-Edwards, Thomas f 2383
3 w Ledger, Andrew J m 2450 ½ - ½ Bates, Richard A m 2377
4 b Hunt, Adam C m 2434 ½ - ½ Wall, Gavin m 2368
5 w Ansell, Simon m 2408 1 - 0 Webb, Laurence E 2336
6 b Duncan, Christopher R 2332 0 - 1 Nixon, Thomas C M 2195
7 w Eames, Robert G f 2316 1 - 0 Simmons, Matthew * 2065
8 b Tidman, Sophie w 2127 1 - 0 default
WESSEX 1 2247 2 - 6 WOOD GREEN 1 2493
1 w Webb, Richard M f 2313 0 - 1 McShane, Luke g 2614
2 b Allicock, Rawle A 2292 0 - 1 Speelman, Jonathan S g 2548
3 w Simons, Martin J 2293 ½ - ½ Lalic, Bogdan g 2520
4 b Corkett, Anthony R f 2321 ½ - ½ Emms, John M g 2505
5 w Evans-Quek, Suan-Shiau 2295 0 - 1 Ward, Christopher g 2485
6 b Yeo, Michael J 2222 ½ - ½ Gormally, Daniel W m 2472
7 w Upton, Ian J 2242 ½ - ½ Hunt, Harriet m(wg) 2415
8 b Evans-Quek, Debbie w 1995 0 - 1 Tiller, Bjorn m 2382
BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2382 6 - 2 The ADs 1 2267
1 w Parker, Jonathan g 2537 ½ - ½ Mestel, A Jonathan g 2499
2 b Kelly, Brian m 2497 1 - 0 Richardson, John R f 2309
3 w Devereaux, Maxim f 2331 1 - 0 Lyell, Mark f 2230
4 b Knott, Simon m 2388 ½ - ½ Snape, Ian 2256
5 w Collinson, Adam f 2385 1 - 0 Wheeler, Darren P 2239
6 b Rogers, Jonathan W f 2340 ½ - ½ Anderton, David c 2248
7 w Ferguson, Mark m 2395 1 - 0 Wallace, Paul 2172
8 b Lauterbach, Ingrid wm 2182 ½ - ½ Bellin, Jana wg 2184
Round 6 23rd January 2005
NUMERICA 3Cs 1 2256 3½-4½ The ADs 1 2267
1 w Davies, Nigel R g 2523 ½ - ½ Mestel, A Jonathan g 2499
2 b Gordon, Stephen J f 2364 ½ - ½ Richardson, John R f 2309
3 w Ashton, Adam G 2299 ½ - ½ Snape, Ian 2256
4 b Clarke, Stuart W f 2303 0 - 1 Lyell, Mark f 2230
5 w James, Dale R 2199 0 - 1 Anderton, David c 2248
6 b Bentley, John L 2216 1 - 0 Wheeler, Darren P 2239
7 w Walton, Alan J c 2181 1 - 0 Bellin, Jana wg 2184
8 b Martin, Katie w 1960 0 - 1 Wallace, Paul 2172
WOOD GREEN 1 2504 6½-1½ BARBICAN 4NCL 1 2390
1 w McShane, Luke g 2614 1 - 0 Parker, Jonathan g 2537
2 b Gormally, Daniel W m 2472 ½ - ½ Kelly, Brian m 2497
3 w Lalic, Bogdan g 2520 ½ - ½ Ferguson, Mark m 2395
4 b Speelman, Jonathan S g 2548 1 - 0 Knott, Simon m 2388
5 w Arakhamia-Grant,Ketevan m 2454 1 - 0 Collinson, Adam f 2385
6 b Emms, John M g 2505 1 - 0 Devereaux, Maxim f 2331
7 w Ward, Christopher g 2485 ½ - ½ Palliser, Richard m 2402
8 b Martin, Andrew D m 2433 1 - 0 Lauterbach, Ingrid wm 2182
RICHMOND 2300 4½-3½ WESSEX 1 2247
1 w Van de Griendt, Jan W f 2373 ½ - ½ Upton, Ian J 2242
2 b Hinks-Edwards, Thomas f 2383 ½ - ½ Corkett, Anthony R f 2321
3 w Bates, Richard A m 2377 1 - 0 Webb, Richard M f 2313
4 b Wall, Gavin m 2368 1 - 0 Yeo, Michael J 2222
5 w Webb, Laurence E 2336 1 - 0 Evans-Quek, Suan-Shiau 2295
6 b Nixon, Thomas C M 2195 0 - 1 Allicock, Rawle A 2292
7 w Simmons, Matthew * 2065 ½ - ½ Simons, Martin J 2293
8 b default 0 - 1 Evans-Quek, Debbie w 1995
GUILDFORD-ADC2 2299 5 - 3 BETSSON.COM 2366
1 w Shaw, John K m 2445 1 - 0 Johannessen, Leif E g* 2516
2 b Buckley, Graeme m 2417 0 - 1 Williams, Simon K m 2487
3 w Povah, Nigel E m 2377 1 - 0 Ansell, Simon m 2408
4 b Howell, David W L f 2348 1 - 0 Hunt, Adam C m 2434
5 w Cooksey, Paul S 2248 0 - 1 Ledger, Andrew J m 2450
6 b Thompson, Ian D f 2256 ½ - ½ Duncan, Christopher R 2332
7 w Jackson, Adrian 2226 1 - 0 Ledger, Stephen C 2170
8 b Yurenok, Maria S wf 2078 ½ - ½ Tidman, Sophie w 2127
GUILDFORD-ADC1 2505 6½-1½ NORTH WEST EAGLES 1 2300
1 w Rowson, Jonathan g 2572 1 - 0 Trent, Lawrence 2387
2 b Hebden, Mark L g 2521 1 - 0 Hanley, Craig A m 2397
3 w Gallagher, Joseph G g 2532 ½ - ½ Kennaugh, Charles W f 2281
4 b King, Daniel J g 2517 1 - 0 Littlewood, John E f 2308
5 w Kosten, Anthony C g 2527 1 - 0 van der Linden, Lukas 2263
6 b Plaskett, James g 2490 0 - 1 Hague, Ben 2264
7 w Cherniaev, Alexander g 2509 1 - 0 Coates, Kenneth G 2197
8 b Lalic, Susan wg(m) 2369 1 - 0 default
BRISTOL 1 2294 3 - 5 WOOD GREEN 2 2394
1 w Skytte, Rasmus m* 2392 ½ - ½ Littlewood, Paul E m 2368
2 b Cobb, Charles 2405 1 - 0 Levitt, Jonathan P g 2441
3 w Buckley, Simon T 2332 ½ - ½ Sowray, Peter J f 2342
4 b Sherwin, James T m 2302 0 - 1 Rechel, Bernd m 2408
5 w Beaumont, Chris m 2329 0 - 1 Pert, Richard G m 2417
6 b Rudd, Jack 2291 0 - 1 Hunt, Harriet m(wg) 2415
7 w Buckley, David E 2223 1 - 0 Tiller, Bjorn m 2382
8 b Ashby, Ann-Marie w 2079 0 - 1 McDonald, Neil g 2380
Round 6 Standings:
P W D L Gms Pts
WOOD GREEN 1 6 6 0 0 37.0 12
GUILDFORD-ADC1 6 6 0 0 35.5 12
BARBICAN 4NCL 1 6 3 2 1 26.5 8
WOOD GREEN 2 6 3 1 2 24.0 7
GUILDFORD-ADC2 6 2 1 3 24.0 5
BETSSON.COM 6 2 1 3 23.0 5
The ADs 1 6 1 3 2 21.5 5
NORTH WEST EAGLES 1 6 1 2 3 20.5 4
RICHMOND 6 2 0 4 20.0 4
BRISTOL 1 6 2 0 4 17.5 4
NUMERICA 3Cs 1 6 1 1 4 19.5 3
WESSEX 1 6 1 1 4 19.0 3
The 13th Fajr Open takes place in Tehran, Iran 26th January - 1st
February 2005. There is a big tie on 6/7 with two rounds to go. News: Mehrdad
Pahlevanzadeh.
Official site: http://www.iranchess.com/indexen.htm
Leading Round 7 Standings:
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1. Agamaliev, Gamil g AZE 2516 6.0 33.5 24.5 2414
2. Guseinov, Gadir g AZE 2574 6.0 33.0 24.0 2527
3. Ibrahimov, Rasul m AZE 2501 6.0 33.0 23.5 2542
4. Petrosian, Tigran L g ARM 2568 6.0 32.5 24.0 2551
5. Moradiabadi, Elshan m IRI 2439 6.0 32.0 22.5 2559
6. Mamedov, Nidjat m AZE 2446 6.0 31.0 22.5 2529
7. Abbasov, Farid m AZE 2465 6.0 27.5 20.0 2170
8. Mahjoob, Morteza m IRI 2445 5.5 33.5 25.0 2457
9. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan g IRI 2623 5.5 33.0 25.5 2489
10. Guliev, Logman m AZE 2391 5.5 32.5 23.0 2475
11. Bistric, Faruk g BIH 2454 5.5 31.0 22.5 2458
12. Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2550 5.5 31.0 22.0 2404
13. Darban, Morteza f IRI 2404 5.5 30.5 21.5 2442
14. Petrosian, Davit G m ARM 2377 5.5 29.0 20.5 2200
15. Vahidi Mohammad IRI 2226 5.5 26.5 18.5 2127
221 players
The Chernigov - 2005 takes place in Chernigov (Ukraine) 22nd January -
3rd February 2005. The Round-Robin closed tournament has 15 players. News: IM
Alexey Mazurok.
Table generated from available games.
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1. Samsonkin, Artem BLR 2251 * . . . . 1 . = . . 1 1 . . 1 4.5 2664
2. Nosenko, Alexander m UKR 2509 . * . . . . . = . 1 1 1 . . 1 4.5 2668
3. Savinov, Viktor m UKR 2482 . . * = 1 1 = 1 . . . . . . . 4.0 2645
4. Tihonov, Jurij m BLR 2454 . . = * . . = . . . . . 1 1 . 3.0 2513
5. Mazurok, Alexey m UKR 2427 . . 0 . * . = . = . . . 1 1 . 3.0 2328
6. Tuka, Oleg UKR 2297 0 . 0 . . * . . 1 . . . 1 1 . 3.0 2291
7. Eschenko, Vadim m UKR 2438 . . = = = . * . . . . . 1 . . 2.5 2482
8. Mihajlovskij, Sergei BLR 2411 = = 0 . . . . * = . . . . 1 . 2.5 2284
9. Ivanov,Sergei S RUS ---- . . . . = 0 . = * . = . . . 1 2.5 2323
10. Sushchev, Alexander UKR 2320 . 0 . . . . . . . * = = . . 1 2.0 2322
11. Dolzhikova, Olga wg UKR 2257 0 0 . . . . . . = = * . . 1 . 2.0 2179
12. Chokhonelidze, Giorgi m GEO 2300 0 0 . . . . . . . = . * . . 1 1.5 2239
13. Fiodorov, Mikhail UKR 2185 . . . 0 0 0 0 . . . . . * . . 0.0
14. Krupko, Alexey UKR 2178 . . . 0 0 0 . 0 . . 0 . . * . 0.0
15. Potebnya, Vladimir MDA 2225 0 0 . . . . . . 0 0 . 0 . . * 0.0
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The Belgian Teams started on 19th September 2004 for division 1 teams.
The title is likely to be won by SK47 Eynatten 1, Temse Boey 2 or SK Rochade
Eupen. News Steve Laios.
Belgian Teams 2004-05 ( Belgium)
Round 3 : 07.11.04
1. Liège - Eynatten 2 5.5 - 2.5
2.Jean Jaurès - Eunatten 1 1.0 - 7.0
3.Charleroi - Gent 3.5 - 4.5
4.Borgerhout - Leuven 4.5 - 3.5
5.Temse 1 - Brugge 4.0 - 4.0
6.Temse 2 - Rochade 4.5 - 3.5
Round 4 : 21.11.04
1.Eynatten 2 - Rochade 4.0 - 4.0
2.Brugge - Temse 2 3.5 - 4.5
3.Leuven - Temse 1 2.0 - 6.0
4.Gent - Borgerhout 5.0 - 3.0
5.Eynatten 1 - Charleroi 6.0 - 2.0
6.Liège - Jean Jaurès 6.0 - 2.0
Complete : 96 games
Standings after Round 4.
Pts M.P.
1. SK47 Eynatten 1 25.5 4.0
2. K. Gent SRL 19.0 4.0
3. Boey Temse 1 18.5 3.0
4. Rochade Eupen 18.5 2.5
5. K. Brugge SK 16.5 2.5
6. CRE Liège EL 15.5 2.0
7. Boey Temse 1 14.5 1.5
8. CRE Charleroi 14.5 1.0
9. SK47 Eynatten 2 14.0 1.5
10. Borgerhout 13.5 1.0
11. LV Leuven 11.5 0.0
12. Jean Jaurès 10.5 1.0
George Mirijanian reports: The NorthEast Chess Winter Getaway tournament
took place 21st-23rd January 2005 at the Radisson Hotel in Marlborough,
Massachusetts, USA. GMs Alexander Ivanov of Newton, Massachusetts, and Sergey
Kudrin of New Haven, Connecticut, tied for 1st-2nd place with scores of 4.5-0.5
after playing to a draw with one another in the third round. National master
Avraam Pismennyy of Lynn, Massachusets, captured third place with a 3.5-1.5
tally. Tied for 4th-6th place with 3-2 results were FM Joshua Friedel of
Goffstown, New Hampshire, and national experts Ilya Krasik of Acton,
Massachusetts, and Osamu Katushara of Boston, Massachusetts. Robert Messenger
of Nashua, New Hampshire, directed the four-section, 77-player tournament,
which was organized by NorthEast Chess promoter Severine Wamala of Lowell,
Massachusetts. Complete crosstables are available at
http://www.masschess.org
FIDE Trainers Committee
IM Jovan Petronic. Chairman, FIDE Computer & Internet Chess
Committee has written about the FIDE Trainers Committee. Link to his article
below. In 1998 FIDE formed a powerful Committee comprising of leading chess
trainers around the chess globe. Accordingly, it was named the FIDE Trainers
Committee, and below, I will try to summarize the immense useful information
for the readers, current major chess training activities and appeals of the
Committee, etc. The number of certified FIDE Trainers has grown and they are
now (in alphabetical order) - none other than: Alburt Lev (USA), Asanov Bolat
(Kazahstan), Azmaiparashvili Zurab (Georgia), Boensch Uwe (Germany), Beliavsky
Alexandr (Slovenia), Chernin Alexandr (Hungary), Dorfman Iossif (France),
Dvoretsky Mark (Russia), Gelfer Israel (Israel), Georgadze Tamaz (Georgia),
Gulko Boris (USA), Illescas Miguel (Spain), Kuzmin Alexey (Katar), Khodarkovsky
Michael (USA), Leong Ignatius (Singapore), Mikhalcishin Adrian (Slovenia),
Marjanovic Slavoljub (Serbia & Montenegro), Mohr Georg (Slovenia), Nikitin
Alexandr (Russia), Petrosjan Arshak (Armenia), Polgar Zsuzsa (USA), Postovsky
Boris (USA), Psakhis Lev (Israel), Razuvaev Yuri (Russia), Seirawan Yasser
(USA), Sosonko Genna (Netherlands), Schmidt Wlodzimerz (Poland), Tukmakov
Vladimir (Ukraine), Ubilava Elizbar (Georgia), Vladimirov Evgeny (Kazahstan),
Zapata Alonso (Columbia) and Xie Yun (China).
Read the article:
http://www.jovanpetronic.com/fidetrainerscommittee.htm
19th Pula Open
The 19th "Pula Open 2005" in Croatia takes place 19th-26th June
2005.
For further information on the event: http://www.skpula.hr. Contact Denis Vretenar by
e-mail: pulaopen@globalnet.hr.
Moscow Open 2005
The Moscow Open 2005 takes place 23rd February - 3rd March 2005 in the
Central Chess House, Gogolevsky Boulevard 14. The Moscow Chess Federation
organises this 9 round event with a time control of 40 moves in 90 minutes,
then 15 minutes for the remaining moves with an increment of 30 seconds per
move from move 1.
Contacts - Moscow Chess Federation: phone/fax: (+7)-095-250044. E-mail:
mcf05@mail.ru
Update from Igor Glek. Attention of Grandmasters! Now we have an
opportunity to offer free accommodation and board in a hotel which is situated
close to the tournament hall. That is possible for minimal 10 Grandmasters with
high rating who are members of ACP. Contact: technical director of “Moscow
Open 2005” Igor Glek (mcf05@mail.ru, igorglek@hotmail.com,
+7(095)-3883328, +7(095)-2500441, mobile +7(903)-5593052, +49-179-7030605 (28.1
– 6.2, 11 – 13.2)
Detailed information:
http://www.chessplayers.org/eng/news/viewarticle.html?id=242
International Chess Festival Varna
The Varna (Bulgaria) International Chess Festival takes place 10th-17th
April 2005. Contact: Boris Hristov Tel’052 64 28 77, fax: 052 574 940;
GSM: 088 60 25 403 e-mail: seahorse@abv.abv.bg
Further details: http://www.seahorse-chess.com
6th Poikovsky Karpov tournament
The 6th Karpov tournament in Poikovsky, Russia takes place 26th February
- 7th March 2005. Players: Peter Svidler, Etienne Bacrot (still considering
entry), Alexander Grischuk, Alexey Dreev, Viktor Bologan, Rafael Vaganian,
Lenier Domingues, Alexander Onischuk, Sergey Rublevsky + more). Average XVIII
category. Further information soon.
Further details:
http://www.chesspro.ru/events/poikovsky05.shtml
European Individual Women's Chess Championship
The European Individual Women's Chess Championship takes place in
Chisinau, Moldova 10th-25th June 2005. Organisers Chess Federation of Moldova
Sciusev Street, 111 2004, Chisinau Tel.: 00373-22-565451 Fax.: 00373-22-565451
or 210707 E-Mail: fskrip@company.md
Details on http://www.eurochess.org.
Official site for the event: http://eiwcc2005.chisinau.md/
3rd International Chess Festival
The 3rd International Chess Festival in Nancy (France) takes place
February 14th-20th 2005. No open, but several Round-Robin closed tournaments
for 10 players each (9 rounds in 7 days - 2 hours + 30seconds per player). One
grandmaster group for GM norms (completed, no more invitation for titled
players), and several others groups arranged by Elo between 1000 and 2300.
Details: http://echiquier.nanceien.free.fr/festival.html
First Saturday February
The First Saturday February events take place 5th-18th of February
2005. There are still places in the events, contact the organiser:
Nagy Laszlo e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net
http://www.firstsaturday.hu or
http://home.hu.inter.net/~firstsat
if you wish to play.
FSGM IGM Ilincic, Zlatko (SCG, 2502), IGM Fogarasi, Tibor (HUN, 2442),
IGM Seres, Lajos (HUN 2418), IM Boros, Denes (HUN, 2404), IM Szabo, Krisztian
(HUN, 2376), IM Paschall, William (USA, 2403), IM Thinius, Marco (GER, 2384),
FM Zlatic, Mihajlo (SCG, 2451), IM Erdõs, Viktor (HUN, 2453), IM
Almási, István (HUN, 2427), FM Bérczes, Dávid (HUN,
2313), IM Kristjansson, Stefan (ISL, 2438), IM Flumbort, András (HUN,
2479), Min 10, max 14 players. Min.2381 ELO average, according to the new FIDE
rules. Reserves: FM Gonda, László (HUN), IM Turzó, Attila
(HUN), IM Szeberényi, Ádám (HUN), IM Jakab, Attila (HUN),
FSIM IM Jakab, Attila (HUN, 2439), WIM Mar, Karmen (SLO, 2119), IM
Farago, Sandor (HUN, 2290), Sisatto, Olli (FIN, 2180), Rombaldoni, Denis (ITA,
2244), Ignácz, Mária (HUN, 2187), IM Lengyel, Béla (HUN,
2313), IM Werner, Dimo (GER, 2312), FM Brustkern, Jurgen (GER, 2251), Solomons,
Deon (RSA, 2287), FM Fodor, Tamás (HUN, 2226), IM Szeberényi,
Ádám (HUN, 2357), IM Eperjesi, László (HUN, 2283),
Pap, Gyula (HUN, 2371), FM Caruana, Fabiano (USA, 2219(. FM Stupavski, Zdenko
(SCG, 2313), FM Johannsson, Ingvar(ISL, 2315), Tóth, Ervin (HUN, 2239),
WIM Tóth, Lili (HUN, 2157), Potential players: Schneider, Veronika(HUN),
FM Kjartansson, David(ISL), IM Hardicsay, Péter (HUN), Prohászka,
Péter (HUN), IM Petrán, Pál (HUN), Horváth,
András (HUN), Min 10, max 14 players. Min.2231 ELO average, according to
the new FIDE rules.
FSFM Mihók, Olivér (HUN, 2082), Schulze, Hubertus (GER,
2175), Valet, Richard (GER, 2082), Hoang, Tri (HUN, 2044),
Mészáros, Attila (HUN, 2032), Kubacsny, Vilmos (GER, 2129),
Takács, Tamás (HUN, 2027), Lakat, Gyula (HUN, 2006), Borda, Lajos
(HUN, 2082), Lim, Andrew (SIN, 2089), Papp, József (HUN, 1953), Czimer,
József (HUN, 1931), Hönsch, Pál (HUN, 1974), Lantos, Attila
(HUN, 2010), Zilahi, Gábor (HUN, 2062), Zoltán, András
(HUN, 2044), Maródi, Mátyás (HUN, 2168),
Sárközi, Ferenc (HUN, 2008), Zelei, János (HUN, NR),
Metaxasz, Vaszilisz (HUN, 2109), Beszterczey, László (HUN, 2077),
Pongó, István (HUN, 1824), Sianec, Attila (HUN, 1817), Katsuhara.
Osamu (JPN, 2083), Palotás, Péter (HUN, 1908),
Brunei Open
The Brunei Open takes place 14th Jan to 19th Jan 2005.
Official site: http://www.bruneichess.org.bn/
4th Aeroflot Chess Festival
The 4th Aeroflot Chess festival takes place in Hotel Rossija in Moscow,
14th (arrival day) - 24th February 2005 (departure day).
There are 4 tournaments: Tournament A1 for players rated 2550 and
higher, tournament A2 for players rated 2400 and higher, but lower than 2550,
tournament B for players rated 2200 and higher, but lower than 2400 and
tournament C for players rated under 2200 and unrated players. The organising
committee has in special cases the right to permit a player to participate in a
higher group than indicated by his rating.
The tournaments are 9 rounds Swiss tournaments. The total prize fund is
$175.000.
The organising committee offers packages for Aeroflot tickets, hotel
and entry fee. The Aeroflot packages prices are published on the website of the
festival.
Further details: http://www.aeroflotchess.com
For more information it is possible to contact the Association of Chess
Federations in Moscow: Tel/Fax: +7-095-2918578 or E-mail: chess@sovintel.ru
Asia vs. Rest of the World Charity Correspondence Match
AJEC (French CC Association) with the help of Med Samraoui (ICCF Zonal
Director for Asia and Africa) are organising a match "AJEC/Asia vs. Rest of the
World". The pairings will be done according to the native country of the
entrant players. The main rules of this match are as follows:
1. Med Samraoui msamraoui@iccf.com will be the TD of the match. He will
collect entries from Asian players and Rest of the World Players. Med will be
helped by Jean Marc Refalo from France jm.refalo@ajec-echecs.org to collect the
entries from French players.
2. The games will be played on the ICCF webserver www.iccf-webchess.com
with the last rules adopted in Mumbai Congress.
3. The entry fee is 8 euros. Generous donors can give more. All the
money will be given to a charity organisation. You can send the payment to your
national federation. Please find out your National Delegate at
http://www.iccf.com/nations/start_01.shtml
National delegates will send entries to Mr. Samraoui.
4. Everybody can participate in this match which will begin on February
15th.
5. To have more details and to subscribe please feel free to contact
Med Samraoui or Jean Michel Refalo.
Sozina 2005
The Sozina 2005 tournament takes place in Bar a city on the Montenegro
coast 4th-12th March 2005. Prize fund is EUR 10.000, and organizer guaranty
possibility of getting norms for international titles. Also, special conditions
are provide for the grandmasters. Further details contact:
sozina2005@yahoo.com
Further details; http://www.scgchess.org/
Azura Chess Open
The Azura Chess Open International Rapid Chess Tournament also Belgian
Rapid Chess Championship 2005 Brussels Rapid Chess Championship 2005 takes
place Saturday-Sunday 23rd-24th April 2005 (11 rounds ~ 25 minutes games)
Tournament for players with more than 2000 elo.
Playing venue: Palais du Midi rue van der Weyden 3 1000 Brussels Entry
fee : IGM and IM free Others 25 euro Junior 15 euro
Registration: Registration only by e-mail. No registration at the
venue. bennyasman@skynet.be Send payment to 210-0937331-72 with your name and
elo rating as message
Details: http://www.creb.be/
Fajr Chess Festival
There are three events in the Fajr Chess Festival
I- 13th Fajr International Open Tournament, 27Jan. - 1st Feb. 2005 take
Place in Tehran, 9 round Swiss, FIDE standard time control (90 Min.+ 30
Sec./Move), with 10000$ prize money.
II- 3rd Fajr International Youth tournament, under 10,12&14 years
old Categories, 2-6 Feb. 2005 take place in Tehran, 9 round Swiss, Fide
Standard time control (90 Min. + 30 Sec./Mov.) with 3000$ prize money.
III- 2nd Kish GM tournament, 2-10 Feb. 2005 take place in Kish Island,
12 Players Round Robin tournament, FIDE standard time control (90 Min. + 30
Sec./Mov.)
Further details: http://www.iranchess.com/indexen.html
Evry Tournaments
The 2nd GM and IM tournaments in Evry takes place 21st-27th February
2005.
Official site: http://www.evry-grandroque.com
21st Cappelle la Grande Open
The 21st Cappelle la Grande Open takes place 12th-19th February 2005.
Official site: http://www.cappelle-chess.com
HB Global Chess Challenge
The HB Foundation has posted $500,000 prize fund for the HB Global
Chess Challenge, a Maurice Ashley-led event expects to bring more than 4,000
participants to Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The event takes place May 18th-22nd 2005 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
First place in the Open section has a cash prize of $50,000, and that overall
more than 50 others will receive cash prizes. Many other side events. There is
an extension to the discount period for signing up for the event.
Official sites: http://www.hbfoundation.org and
http://www.generationchess.com
Stepichev Memorial
The Stepichev Memorial took place in Kiev 21st-29th of December 2004.
Futher information:
http://mirror01.iptelecom.net.ua/~chessfed/turnir/t037.html
16th Pobeskydi Tournament
The 16th Pobeskydi Chess Tournament takes place 24th-28th March 2005 in
Frydek-Mistek, Czech Republic. There will be at least two tournaments.
Round-robin with possibility to achieve IM and WGM norm and FIDE Open.
For futher details: http://www.chessfm.cz
7th United Insurance GM Rescheduled due to Tsunami
The 7th United Insurance & United Leasing Grandmasters Chess
Tournament has been rescheduled (due to the Tsunami) and now takes place
4th-14th April 2005 in the Conference-Room of the National Sports Council 62/3
Purana Paltan Dhaka-1000. Organised by the Bangladesh Chess Federation. 11
round Swiss System with around 40. Total Prize Money US $5000.00 Accommodation
& Food : Free for all GM’s & IM’s, only accommodation 2350+
Appearance Money : GM 2500+ US $ 500.00. Contact: Syed Shujauddin Ahmed,
General Secretary Bangladesh Chess Federation, 2nd Floor, 62/3 Purana Paltan,
Dhaka-1000, Fax + Phone: 88 (02) 7169336 , E-mail: bcf@bdonline.com
Millennium Chess Festival
The 6th annual Millennium Chess Festival takes place February 25th-27th
2005, at the Ramada Plaza Oceanfront Resort in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.
The event, with over $18,000 in total prizes, is sponsored by Booz Allen
Hamilton and is presented by Beach Events and the city of Virginia Beach. It is
a 5-round swiss, FIDE rated.
Comps available: GMs/WGMs/IMs: free entry fee. GMs/WGMs: free hotel
accommodations if you commit to come by February 10, 2005. Contact
eschlich@aol.com for details.
Special events include: Lecture by Susan Polgar on Fischer-Random Chess
(Chess 960), Fischer-Random Blitz Chess Tournament, Nakamura vs Susan Polgar
³Dinner/Exhibition Match²
Further information:
http://www.geocities.com/millenniumchessfestival
Nakamura vs. Polgar Chess Exhibition
New U.S. Chess Champion Hikaru Nakamura and GM Susan Polgar have agreed
to play a unique ³GM Dinner/Exhibition Match² game during the
Millennium Chess Festival on February 26, 2005, in Virginia Beach, Virginia,
USA.
The unusual exhibition game features two grandmasters playing each
other from separate rooms before a live audience with moves relayed by radio.
As they play, using demo boards, the GMs explain for the audience what they are
thinking about and why they are choosing certain options. This year¹s
exhibition is the fourth in a popular annual series at the Millennium Chess
Festival. Previous participants were Nakamura - Fedorowicz (2004), Shabalov -
Fedorowicz (2003), and Stripunsky - Rohde (2002). The Millennium Chess Festival
(Feb 25-27) is sponsored by the consulting firm of Booz Allen Hamilton and is
presented by Beach Events and the city of Virginia Beach.
Further information:
http://www.geocities.com/millenniumchessfestival
14th Aurec Open
The 14th Aurec Open takes place 19th-20th February 2005. Two rapid
tournaments (9 r / 20 mn) Total prize fund : Euro 5,000 Further details:
aurec2005@tiscali.fr
12th Echternach International Open
The 12th Echternach International Open takes place 25th-26th June 2005.
Seniors should also note the following dates: 2nd Open (rapid chess) for young
seniors (aged 50 and above) 13th-14th August 2005. 5th Open-seniors (aged 60
and above) 15th-21st August 2005.
Further info: http://www.desprenger-echternach.lu/
Novi Sad Open A
There are 7 places left for the Open A (actually Semi-closed for IMs and
GMs) event taking place 19th-26th March 2005.
Further info: http://www.drazic.co.yu or more specifically
http://www.drazic.co.yu/t_2005_03_19-26_info.html
1 gm Lalic Bogdan ENG
2 gm Kosanovic Goran SCG
3 gm Drazic Sinisa SCG
4 gm Fontaine Robert FRA
5 gm Lazic Miroljub SCG
6 gm Savic M .R. SCG
7 im Colovic A. MAC
8 Franchini Gabriele ITA
9 Barilaro Luca ITA
10 im Pilgaard Kim DEN
11 Lundin Jan SWE
12 fm Kokeza Mirko SCG
13 fm Guadalpi D. FRA
14 fm Stupavski Z. SCG
15 im Popovic D. SCG
16 fm Juergen Brustkern GER
17 im Pap Misa SCG
18 im Marzolo Cyril FRA
19 Craig Young ENG
20 im Tratar M. SLO
21 im Sebenik M. SLO
22 fm Dumpor A BIH
23 gm Kovacevic A. SCG
24 im Laketic Gojko SCG
25 im Kostic Vlada SCG
7 places left
Linares 2005
According to Spanish Teletext Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand,
Veselin Topalov, Peter Leko, Michael Adams, Francisco Vallejo Pons and Rustam
Kasimdzhanov will be the 7 players at this year's event. The event takes place
22nd February - 10th March 2005.
Last year Marca had the official website:
http://www.marca.com/linares/
ELO Listing:
No. Name t NAT ja05
1 Kasparov, Garry................. g RUS 2804
2 Anand, Viswanathan.............. g IND 2786
3 Topalov, Veselin................ g BUL 2757
5 Leko, Peter..................... g HUN 2749
7 Adams, Michael.................. g ENG 2741
18 Vallejo Pons, Francisco......... g ESP 2686
25 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam............ g UZB 2678
Average Rating 2743 Category 20
Alushta Diary 2005
Leonid Galperin sends a calendar of planned events in Alushta, Ukraine
2005.
GM Norm events: 12.05 - 22.05 24.05 - 4.06 17.06-27.06. 1.09-11.09
25.09-5.10 7.10-17.10 IM Norm events 12.05 - 22.05 24.05 -4.06 17.06-27.06.
1.09-11.09 25.09-5.10 7.10-17.10 Rating tournament 5.06 - 13.06 Open tournament
(under 16 years) First prize - 200 $ 14.06 - 22.06 Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Blitz
tournament 28.06 12.09 Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Open tournament (rapid chess) 29
- 30.06 13-14.09 Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Open tournament First prize 1000 $
First prize (woman) 500$ 2.07-10.07 15.09-23.09 Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Session
of school of Gennadi Kuzmin 5.06-14.06 25.09-4.10 Alushta Individual and group
studying
Further information: http://www.kaissa.com.ua phone +38
(06560)5-05-32 (for Russian speaking) + 38 050 669-26-04 (for English speaking)
e-mail: info@kaissa.com.ua
5th Chess Grand Prix of Bordeaux
The 5th Chess Grand Prix of Bordeaux takes place 28th April - 1st May
2005. In addition the 2nd Chess Grand Prix in d'Aix en Provence takes place in
December 2005.
Details: http://www.grandprixdeparis.com/BA2005.html
Harald Malmgren 100 years Correspondence
31st Dec 2004 saw the start of the first Grandmaster tournament on the
ICCF Webserver. The tournament is the "Harald Malmgren 100 years". The occasion
is to commemorate the 100:d birthday of Harald Malmgren, Tierp in Sweden.
Malmgren was runner up after Cecil Purdy in ICCF's first World Championship and
earned his GM title in the event. Malmgren passed away in 1957. In his career
he was also second in IFSB Championship 1939 and won the Swedish CC
Championship in 1942. Malmgren was a true chess enthusiast and issued a book in
1953 "Mina bästa partier" (My best games) with only CC games he had
played.
There are 13 participants and you will be able to follow the results on
http://www.schack.se/SSKK/palview/res/malmgren.htm
and as soon as about 10 moves are made in every game, SSKK will open a page for
"live" games. That is games according to the ICCF CoC regulations for live
games. The Category of the event is 10 which means that all norms are
available.The tournament has two sponsors, Schackakademin and Svenska
Schackbutiken AB.
The players are: IM Jan Bennborn, Sweden, IM Sture Olsson, Sweden, IM
Rune Bergquist, Norway, IM Ervin Liebert, Estonia, IM Taisto Koskela, Finland,
IM Leif Åhman, Sweden, SIM Jón A Pálsson, Iceland, SIM
Josef Mrkvicka, Czech Rep, GM Matthias Rüfenacht; Switzerland, IM Gary S
Benson, Australia, SIM John Pugh, England, Phillippe Chopin, France and Mads
Smith Hansen, Denmark. The withdrawing ICCF President keeps playing CC and
starts this event on his very last day in office.
Tomas Carnstam, Jonas Dahlgren, Robert Ericsson, Sebastian Nilsson and
Per Söderberg wedish Correspondence Chess Federation (SSKK) Board members.
Games Festival Chalkidiki Greece
The Games Festival is is organised for the first time in Greece and
takes place from 21st-29th of April 2005 at the Porto - Carras Grand Resort, in
Chalkidiki in Greece.
Tennis, chess, golf, biliards, bridge, famous athletes, world champions
will be present in Porto Carras. The festival includes a series of tournaments,
competitions, seminars and exhibitions in sports and the most popular
entertaining games.
The chess events are the 2nd International Open Chess Tournament "Porto
Carras 2005" and the 1st World School Chess Championship. More specifically,
the Open Tournament will be held 22nd-28th April 2005 at the Porto Carras Grand
Rresort with open participation, 9 rounds swiss system and time control 90
minutes plus 30 seconds increment per move, according to the official
announcement of the Greek Chess Club "A.M.O. Galaxias". Total prizes: 6.500
EURO. For more information visit http://www.gamesfestival.com or contact
info@gamesfestival.com & GrivasEfs@netonline.gr
The 1st World School Championship for school chess champions in
categories Under 8, 10, 12, 14, and 16, will be held 21st-29th April 2005 at
the Porto Carras Grand Resort. Organizers of this great event are the World
Chess Federation (FIDE), the International School Chess Union, the Greek Chess
Federation, the Chess Club "Galaxias" of Thessaloniki and the Hotel Complex of
"Porto Carras Grand Resort".
38th Biel International Chess Festival
38th Biel International Chess Festival Dates: 16th-29th July 2005 with,
in particular: - the Grandmaster tournament (17th-27th July 2005) - the
Accentus Ladies Tournament 17th-27th July 2005) - the active chess tournament
(16th and 17th July 2005) - the Master Open (18th-29th July 2005, last round in
the morning) - the General Open (20th-29th July 2005, last round in the
morning) - the Blitz tournament (23th July 2005)
Further details: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch
3rd Nancy International Festival
The 3rd Nancy (France) International Festival sees several round-robins
tournaments (9 rounds / fischer 2 hours per players + 30 sec) by elo which take
place 14th-20th February 2005.
Group A will be category 10 with : Bauer 2622 Istratescu 2611 Nijboer
2567 Tirard 2461 Marzolo 2437 Rocha 2431 Wirig 2408 Nezar 2375 Philippe 2371.
(one im more than 2520 elo non-FRA-code can contact philippe.chr@free.fr).
Details in french/english/german on
http://echiquier.nanceien.free.fr/festival.html
Events in India in 2005
5th Asian Individual Championship
The 5th Asian Individual Chess Championship 2005 takes place in Cochin,
Total Prize Fund : US$33000. The event has been postponed until 21st-31st March
2005 due to the recent Tsunami disaster. Organiser : P.T. Ummer Koya ,
koya@chessindia.org ; aicf@chessindia.org Website:
http://www.chessindia.org
Commonwealth Championships
The Commonwealth Chess Championships for Men, Women, Boys & Girls
incorporating An International Open Chess Tournament TOtal Prize Fund: US$12000
ARRIVAL : 27/02/2005 CLOSING : 09/03/2005 Organiser : Rajastan State Chess
Association Contact : aicf@chessindia.org ; slharsh2000@yahoo.co.uk Website:
http://www.chessindia.org
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister's International Open
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister's International Open Chess Tournament,
Raipur Total Prize Fund : Us$12000 Arrival : 10/03/2005 Closing : 20/03/2005
Organiser : Hotel Babylon, Vip Road, Raipur, India. Contact :
aicf@chessindia.org ; vkrathi_aicf@rediffmail.com Website : Website:
http://www.chessindia.org
Hamarat Challenge Match
The ICCF World Champion Tunc Hamarat (AUT) who has never lost a single
game with White, has challenged the "Rest of the World" to a friendly 2-game
match. He will have White in both games. The games (one will start with 1.e4
and one with 1.d4) will be played on the ICCF Webserver and started on 10th
February 2005 with the rule "10 moves/70 days".
The players on the "Rest of the World" team will vote on each move. The
move receiving the most votes will be selected. Should 2 or more moves receive
the same number of votes, the "Rest of the World" will be given 2 more voting
days to decide between the tied moves. Participation in this event is open to
all players who pay an entry fee of 5 EUR or $7.00 US dollars via their
National CC Federation or the ICCF Direct Entry (DE) option. All fees collected
will be transferred to the ICCF Development Fund. The money will be used
primarily for development and system support of the ICCF WebChess Server. It
will be possible to join the "Rest of the World" team at any stage of the game.
The games may be seen "live" by all players and other observers at
http://www.iccf-webchess.com
Each player who voted for the selected move will receive 1 point per
move. The player(s) with the most points at the end of the games will receive
an ICCF Gold Book. The list of all entrants will be published on the ICCF
webpage.
21st Cappelle la Grande Open
21st INTERNATIONAL CHESS OPEN - CAPPELLE LA GRANDE - FRANCE 12th-19th
February 2005. 9 Round Accelerated Swiss System Tournament, registered with
FIDE Rate of play : 2 hours for 40 moves followed by a one hour quickplay
finish. Playing hall : COMPLEXE SPORTIF ROGER GOUVART IGM's INVITATIONS -
Possibility of norms. Prizes (minimum 600 players) :The 1st prize is :3000
euros The 2nd prize is 1500 euros and 3 to 10: 1000 euros. Registration by
templeurjcs@club-internet.fr
Further details: http://www.cappelle-chess.com
Hungarian chess tournaments December 2004 - August 2005
1. 5th-18th of February 2005, FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, Org.NL.
2. 5th-18th of March 2005, FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, Org. : NL,
3. 18th- 26th of March, "SPRING FESTIVAL" 9 rounds Swiss Open,
Budapest, Org.: NL
4. 2nd-15th of April , FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, Org: NL:
5. 7th-19th of May, FS GM-IM-FM closed, Budapest, org.: NL
6. 20th-28th of May, ZALAKAROS Open, 9 rounds Swiss, (250 km West from
Budapest), org: IM Horvath, Tamas, phone: +(36)-20-9777003
7. 21st-31st of May, ELEKES Memorial, GM-IM closed, Budapest, org.IM
Zsinka, phone: +(36)-20-921-91-97
8. 4th-16th of June, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest, Org: NL
9. 18th-26th of June, BALATONLELLE Open + GM-IM closed, 120 km West
from Budapest, organizer: IM Rigo, e-mail: me-ri@axelero.hu
10. 2nd-14th of July, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org. NL.
11. 23rd- 31st of July, Agria Open /EGER, 100 km North-East from
Budapest/, organizer: Rauch Ferenc, e-mail: rauch@freemail.hu
12. 6th-18th of August, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest org.:NL
Dutch Open Blitzchess Championship
The Dutch Open Blitzchess Championship takes place on February 5th 2005
in the Mercure Hotel Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 17 double rounds with 5
minutes per player per game, Swiss system in one group. Prizefund Euro 8.500.
First Euro 1.750, Second Euro 1.250, third Euro 1.000. Also several grading
prizes. Contact: info@blitzchess.nl
Further details: http://www.blitzchess.nl
8th Afro-Asian Correspondence Championship
All players from Africa and Asia (including Japan , Hong-Kong,
Singapore, New Zealand , Australia, Turkey, ...) may apply for the 8th
Afro-Asian Correspondence championship (Zonal Championship) . The preliminary
stage will start on 15.01.2005 and will be played by ICCF webserver .There is
no entry fees required .The number of sections will depend upon the entries
number . The application should be sent to : msamraoui@iccf.com not late than
31.12.2004. (supplied by the ICCF zonal director Med Samraoui)
ICCF website is http://www.iccf.com
and for ICCFwebchess http://www.iccf-webchess.com
Czech Tour 2004-2005
4th International Chess Festivals Series
14th-21st January 2005 4th OPEN PRAHA (2 FIDE opens, one of them with
IM norm)
22nd-30th January 2005 4th OPEN MARIANSKE LAZNE (FIDE open and 1-2
closed IM tournaments)
More details e-mail: j.mazuch@avekont.cz and
http:/www.czechtour.net
Frank Quisinsky Chess Calendar
Frank Quisinsky has updated his computer chess calendar. Recent events
include: Dutch-Open 2004, Diep won France-ch 2004, ChessTiger won Polish-ch
2004, Rzeznik won Australasian NCC-ch 2004, Warp won
Address: http://www.playwitharena.com the
CC-Calendar is a selection of Arena Chess GUI webpage
CC-Calendar:
http://www.playwitharena.com/directory/calendar.htm
Kings Head Rapidplay
The 29th Kings Head Rapidplay will take place on Saturday 12th March
2005, 6-round Swiss rapidplay (30 minutes), prize fund £650, entry fee
£17 > The Porchester Hall Porchester Road Bayswater London W2
Contact: Colin Mackenzie 9 Allan Way Acton London W3 0PW 020 8992 1949
colin.mackenzie@atosorigin.com
Further details: http://www.khcc.org.uk
1st ICCF Webchess Open Tournament
The ICCF have announced the 1st WebChess Open Tournament and invites
every player worldwide to participate in the event. The event is to be played
on the ICCF dedicated Webserver http://www.iccf-webchess.com. This
tournament is open to all correspondence chess players worldwide, also for
those without any previous ICCF experience. Multiple entries are allowed. The
tournament will be played in three stages - preliminaries, semifinal and final.
Details: http://www.iccf-webchess.com/Message.aspx?message=19
Swiss Chess Tour 2005
The Swiss Chess Tour starts in Basle in the New Year (1st-8th January
2005.). New event is European ITAG Masters & Rapid Championship will be
1-2.1.2005. 11 Round, 30 minutes each, guarantee prizes. Prizes:
2500/2000/1500/1000/800/700/600/500/ 2x400/2x300/4x250/4x200 CHF; Special
prizes: 400/300/200 CHF for Ladys, seniors (1945), juniors (1985 and younger),
amateur under 2200 (FIDE or national), under 1800. Enter fee 30.00 CHF Hilton
Open (2-8.1.2005.) 7 Rounds, 6 hours (2 hours for 40 moves + 60 minutes for
complete the game. Prizes: 2000/1500/1200/800/600/500/2x400/2x300/5x200 CHF.
Special prizes 200 CHF for best Lady, Senior (1945), junior (1985-88),
schoolboy (1989). Enter fee: 130 CHF (FM and juniors 60 CHF) GM & IM free.
At the door 10 CHF. Basle amateur (2-8.1.2005.) 7 Rounds, 4 hours (90 minutes
30 moves + 30 minutes to complete the game). Players under 1900 rating (FIDE or
national). Enter fee: 10 CHF (juniors 50 CHF). At the door 10 CHF. Prizes:
500/400/2x300/2x200/4x150 CHF. Basle juniors (2.1.2005.) 7 Rounds, 15 minutes
for the game. Juniors 1985 and younger. Enter fee 5 CHF. Natural prizes for all
players. NSV Senior Open (1-4.1.2005.) 7 Rounds, 4 hours (90 minutes for 30
moves + 30 minutes for complete the game) Seniors 1945. Prizes: 400/300/200 CHF
+ natural prizes. Enter fee: 60 CHF. At the door 10 CHF. ITAG - Tele-Rapid
(3-5.1.2005.) European Rapid Champion, Andrei Sokolov, last year winner and two
others. 15 minutes for the game. All games will be on TV Tele-Basel in live.
BaZ Lighting Chess (8.1.2005. from 19.00 to 22.00) 9 Rounds, 5 minutes. Enter
fee: 20 CHF (juniors 5 CHF). Prizes 300/200/150/2x100/2x50 CHF natural prizes
for everybody 50% and more points. ITAG Simultan (9.1.2005.) with European
Rapid Champion 2005
More information and registration: Robert Spoerri tel.
+41+34+424-01-06, fax +41+34+424-01-07 E-mail info@beochess.ch Further
information: http://www.beochess.ch
Jersey International Chess Festival 2005
The Jersey International Chess Festival takes place 13th-19th February
2005 inclusive. 7 rounds, three sections; OPEN (FIDE rated), MAJOR Under 160 /
1880 ELO and MINOR Under 130 / 1640 ELO. There is a total of £7,000 in
prizes and is part of the British Chess Federation Grand Prix.
Details: http://www.geocities.com/adamraoof/jersey.htm
Russia vs ROW Correspondence
The Russian Chess Federation is celebrating its 10th anniversary and is
using this occasion to challenge the rest of the world to a match over 64
boards with 2 games for each and the start is 15.02 2004. Players include Joop
van Oosterom
http://www.mychessweb.com/Tables/Internationale/Play/russia-world.htm
2005 European Union Championship
The 2005 European Union Championship whic his part of the programme of
events celebrating Cork City's status as European Capital of Culture for 2005.
The event takes place 21st March - 3rd April 2005 in the Ballroom Suite Gresham
Metropole Hotel MacCurtain Street Cork Ireland. Prize Fund - 7,750 Euros. A
FIDE rated ten round Swiss Open for players registered with FIDE as a player in
the European Union or a citizen of a European Union member state 1st prize
2,000 Euros plus numerous place prizes and other awards including a British
Championship Qualifying Place.
In addition the 13th Annual Cork Congress takes place 1st-3rd April
2005 with a Prize Fund 5,000 Euros an ICU rated six round Swiss with three
rated sections. 1st prize 750 Euros plus numerous place prizes and other awards
Full details, special offers to a limited number of IMs and GMs and
entry forms are available from Michael Burniston Tournament Director Ladybird
House Glengarriff County Cork Ireland. phone 00 353 27 63113 e mail
jemcreations@eircom.net
Website: http://www.corkchess.com
TWIC Messageboard
With the Linares tournament about to start it seems a good time to
launch a new discussion forum. Vote on your prediction of the winner of
Linares. The TWIC message board. You need to register to post and vote.
Address: http://www.chesscenter.com/messageboard
New York Masters
Regular competition for players in New York Rated 2200 and above.
Further details: http://www.newyorkmasters.com/
